script; screenplay; scenario
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
event; phenomenon; matter
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
such; this sort of; like this
explanation; interpretation
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
naked eye; the physical eye
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
carefree; free from worry
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature